Pleydell (Wilton, Somerset)
In the 18th century Jonathan Morton Pleydell of Wilton, Somerset, held a large estate in county Cavan. Some townlands in the county still bear the name Pleydell as part of their name, for example, Cornadarrgh (Pleydell) and Drummany (Pleydell). A document, dated 1788, in the Morley of Saltram collection, Pleydell Estate Papers, refers to Jonathan Morton Pleydell, the elder, of Rochestown, Dublin, (Ref. 69/P/4/37). He and his wife Elizabeth Jackson had a number of children but their daughter Harriet who married John Newcombe in 1785 was the one who eventually inherited the Pleydell Irish estates. A private act of Parliament was passed in 1785 enabling the children of Jonathan Morton Pleydell, the elder, to make leases of his estates in counties Cavan and Meath. Jason Hassard was agent on the Pleydell estate in the late 18th century and James Fawcett in the early 19th century. These estates are documented in the Morley of Salthram collection in the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Pleydell-Railston of Whatcombe Archive, deeds re Irish estates in Cos Cavan, Dublin and Meath, 1675-1710. D/PLR/T464; Dorset History Centre
- Morley of Saltram, Pleydell Estate Papers, include records relating to the Irish estates, plans, legal papers, leases, estate bundles. 69/P/; Plymouth Archive Service, The Box
- Estate and legal papers and correspondence relating to the administration of the Morley estate consisting principally of the manor of Doobally, Killinagh, Tullyhaw, Co. Cavan, formerly in the possession of the Morton and Pleydell families, also detailing the creation of railway and mining interests on the estate by the 3rd Earl of Morley. 1746-1898. T3530; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Original bundle, with some subtractions, of 46 leases (mainly for 3 lives) of lands on the Morley/Parker estate near Blacklion, Co. Cavan; the lessor is Jonathan Morton Pleydell and the witness Jason Hassard, [his agent. For photocopies of the main part of this estate archive, see T3530.] D3480/25; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland